Nitrogen removal in buffer strips along a lowland stream in the Netherlands: A pilot study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 521-526

  Hefting, Mariet M ^a   De Klein, Jeroen J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Denitrification; Groundwater; Riparian buffer zones; Surface water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BUFFER ZONE; NITROGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; NETHERLANDS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

NETHERLANDS;

BETULACEAE; RIPARIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032446598     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)80078-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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